By Jan Muserlian In the year of America’s 250th birthday, I’m celebrating my 70th. I grew up believing in the American dream. That dream was
By WRHU Staff More than 50,000 volunteers gathered at the U.S.S. Intrepid in Manhattan on Sept. 11 this year, working together to pack over 18
By Abigail Vorlicek Francesca Maria Lorenzini, an independent reporter and producer, sat in her professor’s office at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in New
By Antonio Schoenhardt Victor Alvarado, a financial adviser for Quan Medical PLLC in Hempstead, did not know where his patient was for a month. The
By Denivia Rivera Empty salon chairs, nail polish bottles sitting on shelves, untouched blow dryers, combs and hair scissors. This is the reality for many
By Matt Gomez Throughout the country and across the New York Metropolitan area, immigrant communities are facing a range of new challenges due to the
By Alex Walsh Editor’s note: Part three in a series. Many parks along Long Island’s coast felt the brunt of Superstorm Sandy in 2012, but
By Marissa Di Vita The front driveway of Ashley Wallace’s house on Bayview Avenue West in Lindenhurst, in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy in October
By Marissa Di Vita Part one in a series. Gayle Comerford and her family in a canoe that brought them to safety outside their home
By Elaine Gross Long Island’s two counties have 125 school districts, a nonsensical number from the standpoint of cost-effectiveness that prevents students across the region
By Camryn Bowden Noah Zaharia, a 26-year-old crisis counselor, sits at his computer in his Melville home office. Three monitors glow in front of him.
The Long Island Advocate recently took home three honors in the Student Journalism Division, including awards for News Story, Narrative Sporting Reporting and Best Website.
